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10 Yen US Military Currency - A-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority (United States) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Reference(s) | P#70 |
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| Obverse lettering | MILITARY CURRENCY 拾 10 SERIES A A 20850846 A 拾 拾 圓 TEN YEN 圓 A SERIES 10 軍票 拾 (Translation: 10 10 Ten Yen Yen 10 Military currency) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on a pale salmon-pink guilloche underprint, the reverse is dominated by a large central ornamental vignette consisting of an oval cartouche enclosing a floral spray, surrounded by elaborate scrollwork and acanthus-leaf flourishes in intaglio. The inscription 'ISSUED PURSUANT TO MILITARY PROCLAMATION' appears in a panel at the top, and the Japanese equivalent 軍事布告に基き發行す is printed along the bottom margin. |
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The "A-series" Allied Military Currency issued for Japan in 1945 was prepared in advance of an invasion that never happened. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, occupation forces used these notes anyway — they circulated alongside existing Bank of Japan issues until SCAP began withdrawing them in 1946 in favor of new BoJ series issued under occupation supervision.
The "A" block letter prefix was a control device, not a series identifier in the conventional sense. Notes without the prefix were intended for a different theater and were never released in Japan.